RMBO Banding Report Connected Lakes 10/6 & 10/7

[Amber West]

These last two days have been great for banding here at Connected Lakes, both with a first-of-season bird.  While we did not have any scheduled education activities, several members of the public stopped by to see the banding.  

We banded 14 birds on 10/6 with 3 recaptures, and banded 21 birds on 10/7 with 11 recaptures.  21 of those birds were Bushtits - which all flew into 4 separate nets 2 hours into this morning's banding.

Breakdown of new captures, 10/6:

Mountain Chickadee - 1

Hermit Thrush - 1

Spotted Towhee - 3

Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow - 9

Breakdown of new captures, 10/7:

Bushtit - 13

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1

Oregon Junco - 3  (one of which was Pink-sided)

Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow - 4

Amber West

Grand Junction, Mesa County